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DJ SMI Mixes

SONGS

SMILO Production/Beats

Old joints and collabs on other peoples Projects. 

THROWBACKs & B- Sides

Badluck Brothers

Another single from the long awaited debut album from SMILO's "Every Minute Counts". 
The Workshop was 
Produced by Buscrates 16-bit Ensemble.
Recorded at OG ID labs, Mixed at New ID labs.

You can watch the video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XJHhq8V4V0

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The Workshop

Another track i'm gonna let stream on the lead up to "Every Minute Counts" release. Principle, produced by Dj VEX and featuring Guest vocals from Benard Eure III .

Recorded and mixed @ Id Labs Pittsburgh. 

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Principle feat Nardo Says

#tbt kind of thing. Thelonious Stretch is the same as me in the sense that he's always making a little something but not putting out a real project. This was supposed to be for that a few years ago. The beat is a raw dark piece Produced by Shade Cobain that he flipped from the classic Movie "Beat Street".

Recording is a little dusty which is why we never really put this anywhere, but the joint is official as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps one day we'll re-do it.

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Thelonious Stretch feat. Smilo --- BlackBird ---prod. by Shade Cobain

Here's a throwback joint for yinz. I must have originally made this track in the late 90's. I re-recorded it around 2001. Although I had been producing for a few years at that point, this beat was one of the first few made on my MPC 2000. I was an ASR-10 cat until it started to crash all the time. Still proud of the lyrics on here. enjoy.

#TBT -WHO CAN HANG - Smilo

Gonna start posting some beats that I have made. Did this a couple years ago in ableton live. might be on my second album. "Searching for the Great". Keith Murray said he wanted it but he never did nothing with it. True Story. 

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Where U Going

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Never Name

throwback track with my mans from north cackalack. Mad sun aka moon child aka murdoc aka my ASR-10 mentor circa '97 or '98

Smi Feat - Murdoc - Straight From The Heart

First attempt at a reggae joint. Not mad. 



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Make U

made this for one of Boka's Weopons of Mass Production Beat battles. End's stronger than it starts, but to little to late, got murked in the first round.


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Eyes Wide Closed

out there or in there. This might end up on a BLB project. 

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Greenal Tea Z

This was a track that never made it to daylight. Assuming its around '05 giver or take. I was doing some music with Krukid (currently known as Ruyonga @ruyongamusic on twitter) at the time and this is what I sent back to him. This song pops up in my files every few years. 

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#TBT Not A Man Demo

It is our pleasure to present to you the first AFROHEAT! MIX with many more to come. This inaugural mix is intended to let those that have been coming out to keep dancing until the next event and to introduce the music to the folks who wonder exactly what the party is all about. Please share with anybody and everybody you think may enjoy it. You can stream or download and thanks for listening. - Afroheat!

To book this party in your city email: afroheatparty@gmail.com
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Tracklist:
Afro Temple - Sabu Martinez
Otachikpopo - Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies
Accra Makola - Cutlass Dance Band
N'do N'do -L' Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti
Secret Agent - Tony Allen 
Roforofo Fight - Fela Kuti
Ce N'est Pas Bon (Bullion Remix) - Amadou & Mariam
Block Party - DJ Gregory
Without Money, No Family - Sorie Kondi 
Premier Gaou - Magic System
Superman (Dubmental Mix) - Black Coffee featuring Bucie
Azonto - Wizkid
Antenna -Fuse ODG
Algeria - Batida
The Path (eric roberts edit) - Concet Neuf
S-Job Movement - Love Affair
Jos-Enjoy Yourself - Sahara All Star Band
One for Senegal - The Pleb
Beng Beng Beng (Chateau Flight remix - Femi Kuti
Big Man -  Antibalas
Wassiye - Habib Koite
N.E.P.A Dance Dub - Tony Allen W/ Afrobeat 2000
Eboka - Dj Khaleb
Kuj Yato - Clap! Clap!
Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub) - Hugh Masekela

Volume Two: https://soundcloud.com/itsdjvex/afroheat-volume-two-mixed-by-dj-vex-dj-smi?in=smilo/sets/smilo-songs-and-dj-smi-mixes

Afroheat! Volume One mixed by DJ VEX & DJ SMI

Sometimes while djing you enter the perfect zone which for me usually means I loved what I played and it was delivered well. Its one of the best feelings....which is quickly followed by "I wish I would have recorded that" . "The REenactment Series" of Smixtapes are re-creations of those sets that I felt good about while spinning live. With today's technology we are able to go back and see what we played. The REenactment will have the same song order, but unfortunately will never come out just like the original night. This REenactment consists of the final hour of my gig at The Allegheny Wine Mixer on 8-28-14. It goes all over the place like most of my favorite sets so pop the cork on a bottle and enjoy the second edition in the REenactment Series. 

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Tracklist:
Intro
Searching (Africa 70) - Roy Ayers
Herbman (Dub Version) - Skatelites & King Tubby
Constant Surprises - Little Dragon
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
Imaginist - Space Invadas
Take off Your Cool - Outkast
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Quem e Muito Querido a Mim - Geraldo Azevedo
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4Hero Remix) - Nuyorican Soul
Asmarina - Feqadu Amde-Mesqel
Just Me 'N You - JR Bailey
Gimme Some (Mike Mangini Remix) - Nina Simone
Dimdanana - Jasmon
Dime For Your Thoughts - Dwele G
Today Won't Come Again - Donal Leece
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Groovin' - Booker T & The MGs
Kissing My Love - Spanky Wilson
Funky Thing (Part 1) - The Unemployed
That's How Stong My Love Is - Otis Redding
Videotape - Radiohead
Sooner or Later - NERD
Cherish The Day (Sade Remix) - Sade
Hypocrites - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sweet Thing - Chaka Khan
Penitentiary Philosophy - Eryka Badu
You Got Me  - The Roots
Miss Know It All - Scientist
Tress Bien - Jazzanova
Building Steam With a Grain of Sand - DJ Shadow
Groove With You - Isley Brothers
Littlest Things - Lily Allen
Birds of a Feather (feat. GZA) [Remix] - Mocky
If I Ever Fall In Love - Sanchez
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Everything She Does is Magic - Police
Old Time's Sake - Sweet Sable 
That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire
Three Days Later - De La Soul 
The Children's Song - Eddie Harris

DJ SMI - REenactment no. 2 from Allegheny Wine Mixer

will be one of the first singles from "Every Minute Counts" . produced by  Dj Vex aka Dusty Rhodes. Took a bunch of folks down to the studio and put em in the booth and this what we got. Ishmael Rhymes First with hook provided by Bobby Blunt as i bring up the rear. Miss Erika also lends her voice. mixed at id labs, pittsburgh PA by E Dan.

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Take It Off

#TBT alert!! this has to be '03 or '04. I was performing with the Rain at the time and we were rehearsing before an open mic at The Shadow Lounge for a gig later that week at Club Cafe. The dopest thing about this recording for me is hearing the random sounds from inside the Lounge before the event later that night started. the recording begins with Ezra breaking into a rendition of "It takes two" by Rob Base and EZ Rock then Tim Clark not missing a beat and saying the second line. This recording is a snapshot of a golden time in Pittsburgh. You can also determine that Buscrates comes in at some point and starts dancing with Ezra.  We ran through some originals and  medley type stuff mixed with covers and covered beats from Big daddy Kane to Pete Rock and CL Smooth, to the Neptunes. #RIP Shadow

Smilo & The Rain '04 Rehearsal At Shadow Lounge

this is my illmatic. this thing is a few years old, but has withstood the test of time with honors. don't think i'll ever get tired of this. i'll have to retype the inner sleeve and tracklist later cause i don't have the original photoshop file anymore. please enjoy responsibly. -smi

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DJ SMI - I dare you to make love to this - Smixtape002

So.. first off i guess this mix wouldn’t exist if my man Kamau Ware hadn’t ask me to make it for him. He was having an event where some out of town poets were coming through and he wanted some music to play at a reception or something. I always wanted to make a mix of poems from hiphop albums.This is not that. But This does contain the song that made me want to make a mix like that.. “My City” from Common Sense’s “One day It’ll All Make Sense” by Malik Yusef.
    This ended up being a pretty straight forward  mix of hiphop and poems that just happened to be in the crates that i had behind the booth in AVA. Not very thought out at all, just had to knock it out real quick, nothing fancy, just good music and words. Since i’m finding this mix a few years later, i don’t have a complete set list, it goes from last poets to de la to mr lif to nathan james to X-Clan to Sonia Sanchez to cee lo to mums to ...  

94% vinyl

DEDICATED TO THE BRIDGESPOTTERS.

-smi

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SAME - DJ SMI

Passporté happens at Culture Restaurant and Lounge in Downtown Pittsburgh Every Thursday night. This is a small taste of what vibes you might hear while there. Dj SMI on the wheels from 8-12. Kizomba Feeling Pittsburgh also gives free intro level Kizomba lessons from 8 to 8:30.  Afrobeat/Reggae/Latin/Brazilian/Bhangra etc.... 

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DJ SMI live at Passporté: Intro Mix

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents a Music Performance Series titled "Soul Sessions" at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh Pa, US. On October 10, 2015 Marsha Ambrosius came to town with her talented band. I had the pleasure of spinning a cocktail Hour before the concert.  As usual, no plan.  This is what happened and I'm very glad I recorded it. Enjoy and be sure to check out my other mixes.  Please find the remaining dates in the series and tracklist below. 

Erik Roberson - Jan 30 -16
Maysa - April 9 - 16
Musiq Soulchild April 22 - 16
Ticket Link: http://www.trustarts.org/events/series/soul-sessions/

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Tracklist:
Three in the Morning - Chicago Underground Quartet
Seasons Change - Corinne Bailey Rae
Make Me Lovely - Laura Mvula
Why Do We Try - Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Stokley
Betray My Heart - D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Nothing Can Come Between Us - Sade
Be Thankful - Omar feat. Angie Stone 
You Are - Estelle feat. John Legend
Back to Love - Bilal 
Sirens II - Bilal
Sally - Bilal
Back Down Memory Lane - Minnie Ripperton
Yearning for Your Love - Gap Band
You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Stop On By - Chaka Khan
Hotline Bling Remix - Erykah Badu
Another LIfe - D'Angelo and the Vanguard
A Long Walk - Jill Scott
Closer to my Dreams - Goapele
Dime For Your Thoughts - Dwele
Round & Round - The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 


Live & Direct Vol.1 Soul Sessions Coolout Cocktail Hour at AWC

Posse cut for my man Armstead Brown's Album titled "Fieldwork" and available on Itunes n' all that. Thelonious Stretch from Rhymecal.com, BZE the Cuban Cruise Missle, and My man Krukid (antihero"s'/Rawkus 50) all murder the mic after your boy leads off. I know Armstead is working on a new album now.

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Get Down-SMI, Thelonious Stretch, BZE & Krukid

Dj Smi repping the AFROHEAT! Sound System on July 16 2016 at Spirit Lodge located in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. www.facebook.com/afroheatparty for more info!

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AFROHEAT! Live Recording from 7-16-16 Pittsburgh

On September 30th 2016 I was invited to the Carnegie Museum of Art to represent the party "Beleza". This event was the opening night of Hélio Oiticica's Exhibit: To Organize Delirium, the first comprehensive US retrospective of the influential Brazilian artist (1937–1980).

Enjoy a little over an hour of some of the amazing sounds of Brazil played that night. FInd out more about the exhibit here: 
http://cmoa.org/exhibition/helio-oiticica/

Beleza Live & Direct vol. 2 Hélio Oiticica Exhibit Opening at CMOA

Live recording of opening set at Big Freedia show. Wasn't sure exactly what I was gonna do, but had been putting a bunch of stuff throughout the week in a folder that i thought would work. Ended up playing out of it and some others.  didn't want to overdue it with the bounce music either since its not my main lane. Anyways, I had fun at this gig and during this set and the dancefloor got filled. That's all I'm looking for. The addition of Ian Brill's Light installment made this an extra special night. 

Photo cred: Christopher Sprowls

Live and Direct VOl. 3 DJ SMI opening set 10/20/16 at Spirit

I have so many recordings that I never post because of wanting to present them a certain way with graphics and tracklists etc... Well this is just to get in the mood of the Beleza End of the year party and the Beleza relaunch second Saturdays at Brillobox in pgh pa, usa.

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Beleza Live & Direct vol 4 mix from May '17 - DJ SMI

Another Single from the "Every Minute Counts" Debut. Produced by Nice Rec. Recorded at ID Labs Pittsburgh.
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Knew

Had the pleasure of closing out the Boundless Benefit Party at Community Forge benefiting Nonamekitchen.org . Forgot to record from beginning but had a fun hour long set in a fly little setting on the smallest full court basketball court I've ever seen. Wasn't sure where the set would end up, but as usual, just go with the flow. It was almost 2 am and it was time to let loose. 

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DJ SMI of AFROHEAT! live at Boundless Benifit Party

Adriano Munari Recently Moved to Pittsburgh and decided he wanted to throw a party for one of his favorite artists. He Thought the Shadow Lounge would be a great place to do it and we agree. I agreed to dj the event and put this mix together based on songs Adriano gave me as homework. About an Hour of Classic Jorge Ben. So on behalf of Swig-art.com & Adriano Munari and DJ SMI....please enjoy and dance.

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DJ SMI - Jorge Ben Tribute Mix

put this up just cause my output is so low. this is a beat i made a little under 2 months ago and it keeps growing on me to be one of my favorite. I was so high off of the Pac Div show at the lounge that i wanted to make something "new". so i loaded up a bunch of beats and grabbed the mic. well, these lyrics are from a song i did called other fishy years ago. and rather than wait 9 months to write a new verse i just wanted something now. so here it. vocals are dusty cause of how i recorded. straight smilo style. i wanted to hear the music didn't want to do headphones. so this was just done with a handheld cheap ass mic. so this just is what it is . a moment in time. i like to think that i will make a real song to this one day. but in case i never do. this is good enough.

i havn't done a joint to one of my beats in a minute. this is straight smilo shit. feels like my old bedroom shit.

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We are here

sneak peak for the non believers . this is a track produced by Dj phinesse and Smilo. pfister with some help on bass. BadluckBrothers.com coming soon! just a little snippet.

Badluck brothers sneak peak

I've been fascinated with Brazilian culture for sometime now and one of the main reasons of that is the Music. The rhythm's, the melodies, and the harmonies are in a class by themselves. I will be visiting the country for my first time this year and look forward to meeting the people behind the sounds. This is a very broad mix of styles and characters behind the mic. These songs, that I can't even understand the meaning of are part of a musical path that i've been walking on for some time. -smilo

update: I still havn't made it to brazil. One day though. 

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Dj SMI-The Path -A Journey to Brazil

Throwback vinyl mix (2005) that i've never had online. original cd liner notes below:

" hard to say when the first time i heard reggae was. i’m sure it was whatever dancehall snuck on to rap city or the radio in the late eighties. regardless, i have fond high school memories with shabba ranks album “rappin’ with the ladies” my dad had built a kicker (with a brass nameplate on the front that read “smilo”) that took up every inch of the trunk in my 1980 corrola. the basslines on that album never got old. most jams shook every loose piece of metal on that classic piece of engineering. but none could compete with the bassline for “steady man”. that was the one i would save for driving past the school or for pullin up at davis courts to get schooled. a few years later i fell in love for the first time. this young lady was from guyana and had some great mixtapes from back home. I actually met her on the third floor of the ritz nightclub which was the dedicated reggae floor every friday. at this same time  while living in dc i would make pause tapes from the weekly dancehall radio show on sunday nights. i was hooked. fast forward and i still have not lost the love for dancehall. i’m not the type to stay up on all the latest riddims, i still need my old with the new. thats what this smix is about, the same good vibes no matter when the songs were made. I know this is not a “soundclash” in the true sense of the word, but frankly i just couldn’t get away from the title.  so big ups to delia,val, 93.9 kiss circa ‘93, third floor of the ritz and the sweatbox’s at norfolk state. shots to turntable lab as well for keepin my 45 supply healthy. roll a fatty and enjoy.  "

Tracklist:
budy buy // johnny osbourne
mad again // ninja man
pumpkin belly // tenor saw
under mi sleng teng // wayne smith
sleng teng resurrection // bounty killa
someone loves you // sizzla
kuff // shelly thunder
legalize it // king kong
 burn da highest // bounty killa
jah never fail I  // sizzla
oh what a joy  // sizzla and capleton
living in love  //  I wayne
that day will come // capleton
troubled heart // george nooks
lonely heart // bas com x
just one of those days //  sizzla
jungle to back a wall // buju banton
black roses // barrington levy
vineyard party // super cat
shine & criss // shabba ranks
Tek him // cobra
Bandelaro // pinchers
Mr. Luxury // Ronnie thwaites
no ice cream sound // johnny osbourne
true love // white mice
95 percent black // sluggy
king of the underground //  anthony b
bubblers // junior reid
baby can i hold you tonight // foxy brown
baby can i hold you tonight// sanchez
fast car // foxy brown
dust a sound boy // super beagle
mama rule // buju banton
ring the alarm // tenor saw
when a man in love // yami bolo
ninja mi ninja  //  courtney melody
burn dem every day  // capleton
its a pity / / tanya stephens
water pumpee / / seed & anthony b
night nurse / / gregory isaacs
one blood / / Junior reid
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Dj SMI - Soundclash of the Titans

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